Programme Structure for 2026/2027
| Curricular Courses | Credits | |
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| 1st Year | ||
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African Diasporas, Migrations and Rights
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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African Social and Cultural Dynamics
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Research Design
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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International Cooperation in Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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History of Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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International Relations in Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Economies of Africa
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Contemporary African Issues and Debates
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 6.0 |
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Research Methods in Social Sciences
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Optional Courses | 6.0 |
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Sociological Theory
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Optional Courses | 6.0 |
| 2nd Year | ||
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Master Dissertation in African Studies
48.0 ECTS
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Final Work | 48.0 |
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Master Project in African Studies
48.0 ECTS
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Final Work | 48.0 |
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Free - 2nd Year | 6.0 |
African Diasporas, Migrations and Rights
A. Knowledge and Understanding:
- Understanding the main concepts involved in the debate on the African diasporas.
- Knowledge of the historical events that marked the social and political trajectory of the African diasporas.
- Knowledge of the most relevant debates in the field of strategies and policies for collective action of diasporas.
B. Application of knowledge:
- Ability to use the knowledge gained to derive implications on different diaspora experiences at the transnational level.
- Ability to use the knowledge acquired to discuss and critically evaluate contemporary challenges of diasporas.
C. Communication:
- Ability to elaborate theoretically, logically and factually reasoned arguments and to communicate them to others.
D. Learning:
- Capacity for study and personal research with autonomy;
- Ability and motivation for life long learning
1.Historical and theoretical issues of the African diasporas
1.1.From the enslaved people trafficking to the current migrations
1.2.Presence and forms of collective African action in Portugal and Europe (XV-XVIII)
1.3.Integration of immigrants and migration politics
2.Political and social issues of the African diasporas
2.1.Forms of resistance to slavery in the American continent
2.2.Diasporas and Anti-Colonial Movements: Pan-Africanism and Civil Rights Movements
2.3.From the Nativists of the 1st Republic to the Casa dos Estudantes do Império and Liberation Struggles in Portugal and Africa
3.Political and social issues of the African diasporas in the present
3.1.Racism and the African Diaspora in post-colonial Europe
3.2.Forms of collective action of diaspora in contemporary times
3.3.Intersectionality, Black Feminist and LGBTI Movements
3.4.African and Black Resistance in Democratic Portugal:From African Immigrants Associations to the Portuguese Black and Afrodescendant Movement
1. Continuous assessment
- Group presentation in class (40%)
- Essay writing on a program theme (45%)
- Active participation in classes (15%)
2. Final exam
TINHORÃO, José Ramos (1997), Os Negros em Portugal: Uma Presença Silenciosa, Lisboa: Caminho
SANCHES, Manuela Ribeiro (2011), Malhas que os Impérios Tecem: Textos Anticoloniais, Contextos Pós-Coloniais, Lisboa: Edições 70
PIRES, Rui Pena (2003), Migrações e Integração, Oeiras: Celta Editora
MACHADO, Fernando Luís (2009), ?Quarenta anos de imigração africana: um balanço?, Ler História, 56, pp. 135-165
JAMES, C.L.R. (1963 [1938]), The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, New York: Vintage Books
HALL, Stuart (2003), Da Diáspora: Identidades e Mediações Culturais, Belo Horizonte: UFMG/UNESCO
GILROY, Paul (2012), O Atlântico Negro: Modernidade e Dupla Consciência, Rio de Janeiro: Centro de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos/Editora 34
DUBOIS, W.E.B. (1992 [1935]), Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880, New York: Free Press
DAVIS, Angela (2016 [1981]), Mulheres, Raça e Classe, São Paulo:Boitempo
AFROLIS - Audioblogue Rádio AfroLis. https://radioafrolis.com/
ALMEIDA, Sílvio (2019), Racismo Estrutural, São Paulo: Feminismos Plurais.
BORGES, Sónia Vaz (2014), Na Pó di Spéra: percursos nos bairros da Estrada Militar, de Santa Filomena e da Encosta Nascente, Cascais: FCG/Principia.
CABRAL, Amilcar (1974), Textos Políticos, Porto: Gráfica Firmeza.
CARMICHAEL, Stokely, Charles V. Hamilton (1961), Black Power: The Politics of Liberation, New York: Vintage. 9.
CARTA ABERTA DE ORGANIZAÇÕES AFRODESCENDENTES PORTUGUESAS AO CERD -2016. https://museudigitalafroportugues.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/carta-aberta-de-organizacoes-afrodescendentes-portuguesas-ao-cerd-2016/
DAVIS, Angela (2016 [1981]), Mulheres, Raça e Classe, São Paulo: Boitempo.
FANON, Frantz (1975 [1952]), Peles Negras, Máscaras Brancas, Porto: Paisagem Editora.
FANON, Frantz (2015 [1961]), Os Condenados da Terra, Lisboa: Letra Livre.
HENRIQUES, Joana Gorjão (2016), Racismo em Português, Lisboa: Tinta da China.
HALL, Stuart (2003), Da Diáspora: Identidades e Mediações Culturais, Belo Horizonte: UFMG/UNESCO
MACHADO, Fernando Luís (2009), Quarenta anos de imigração africana: um balanço?, Ler História, 56, pp. 135-165.
MATA, Inocência (2015), A Casa dos Estudantes do Império e o lugar da literatura na consciencialização política, Lisboa: UCCLA.
PIRES, Rui Pena (2003), Migrações e Integração, Oeiras: Celta Editora.
PLATAFORMA GUETO Resposta à Alta Comissária (A.C.I.DI). https://plataformagueto.wordpress.com/noticias/resposta-a-alta-comissaria-a-c-i-di/ 29.
SOS RACISMO (2016), Racismo e Discriminação ? A lei da impunidade, Lisboa: SOS´
SANCHES, Manuela Ribeiro (2011), Malhas que os Impérios Tecem: Textos Anticoloniais, Contextos Pós-Coloniais, Lisboa: Edições 70.
TAYLOR, Keeanga-Yamahtta (2016), From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, Chicago: Haymarket Books.
African Social and Cultural Dynamics
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
LO1: Apply fundamental concepts rigorously to understand social and cultural dynamics in Africa.
LO2: Critically discuss narratives about the African continent by contrasting Eurocentric and endogenous perspectives.
LO3: Understand demographic dynamics on the African continent.
LO4: Explain the behaviours and aspirations of young people in Africa.
LO5: Recognize feminist movements and movements defending the rights of sexual minorities, integrating them into diverse social normative frameworks.
LO6: Learn about different systems of belonging in Africa, particularly about religion and ethnicity.
LO7: Relate manifestations of urban culture to the construction of memory.
LO8: Learn about the various creative industries and digital cultural manifestations in Africa.
LO9: Independently seek out relevant literature on the study of social and cultural dynamics in Africa.
LO10: Construct an oral and written argument.
1. Representations of Africa
1.1 Fundamental concepts of culture and social change
1.2. The construction and critique of narratives about the African continent, and the endogenous construction of knowledge.
2. Demographics of the African continent
2.1. Demographic structures and population movements
2.2. Young people and their aspirations
3. Gender and sexuality
3.1. Feminist movements
3.2. Sexuality and social norms
4. Systems of Belonging
4.1. Religious diversity
4.2. Debate on systems of belonging in Africa
5. Creative Cultures
5.1 Urban Cultures and Memory
5.2. Creative and digital industries
1. Assessment throughout the semester:
Attendance at 60% of classes is required.
The assessment consists of the weighted average of:
a) Attendance and active participation in classes (20%)
b) Group work presented in class (30%)
Group work (in groups of three to four students) on frameworks of belonging in Africa, such as religion and ethnicity. This work is based on: an academic reference on the topic provided by the instructor, an academic reference on the topic resulting from independent student research, a non-academic reference (such as a blog entry or news report), experiences that students consider relevant to the chosen topic.
Groups will be formed in class 3, references will be selected in class 5 and work will be presented in class 8.
Students must submit a systematisation of the sources used in class 8, along with any visual support for the presentation (PowerPoint or other).
c) A 1,000–1,500-word individual review essay of two chapters from Popular Protest, Political Opportunities and Change in Africa (edited by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, London: Routledge, 2022 (book available via open access: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003177371/popular-protest-political-opportunities-change-africa-edalina-rodrigues-sanches) or two articles from issue 40 of the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos on 'Activism in Africa' (https://journals.openedition.org/cea/5123).
In the essay, students should summarise the arguments, methodology, theoretical and conceptual framework, and main conclusions of the chapters or articles.
The essay can be written in Portuguese or English and must be submitted on the Moodle platform by the assessment deadline indicated in Fénix+. The essay must be an original piece of work carried out independently in accordance with Iscte's Academic Code of Conduct. Detection of plagiarism and other forms of academic fraud will result in the assessment being cancelled. A supplementary oral test may be required in addition to the review essay. For each day that the essay is submitted late, 0.5 points will be deducted. You can find Iscte's academic code of conduct at: https://www.iscte-iul.pt/contents/iscte/organizacao/rgaos-de-coordenacao/conselho-pedagogico/1041/codigo-de-conduta-academica.
2. Written Exam
AAVV. (2020). Cadernos de Estudos Africanos (No. 40).
Amaefula, R. C. (2024). Refusing myths and stereotypes of Africans on TikTok. African Identities.
Bracks Fonseca, M., & Chamarelli de Oliveira, F. (Orgs.). (2019). Áfricas e suas relações de gênero. Edições Áfricas / Ancestre.
Fanon, F. (2005[1961]). The wretched of the Earth. Grove Press.
Hudani, S. E. (2024). African Studies Keyword: “Transformation.” African Studies Review, 67(3), 652–674.
Obadare, E. (Ed.). (2014). The handbook of civil society in Africa. Springer.
Rodrigues Sanches, E. (Ed.). (2022). Popular protest, political opportunities, and change in Africa (1st ed.). Routledge.
Sarr, F. (2022[2016]). Afrotopia. Antígona.
Teixeira, R. J. D. (2016). Estado e sociedade civil em Cabo Verde e Guiné-Bissau: Djuntamon para novas relações. Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 31, 109–132.
Adésínà, 'J. O. (2010). Re-appropriating matrifocality: Endogeneity and African gender scholarship. African Sociological Review, 14(1), 2–19.
Babou, C. A. (2007). Urbanizing mystical Islam: Making Murid space in the cities of Senegal. The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 40(2), 197–223.
Bob-Milliar, G. M. (2014). Party youth activists and low-intensity electoral violence in Ghana: A qualitative study of party foot soldiers’ activism. African Studies Quarterly, 15(1), 125–152.
Eze, C. (2014). Rethinking African culture and identity: The Afropolitan model. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 26(2), 234–247.
Martins, V. (2015). Ovimbundu identity attributions in post-war Angola. Journal of Southern African Studies, 41(4), 853–867.
Otu, K. E., & van Klinken, A. (2023). African studies keywords: Queer. African Studies Review, 66(2), 509–530.
Richey, L. A., & Christiansen, L. B. (2018). Afropolitanism, celebrity politics, and iconic imaginations of North–South relations. African Affairs, 117(467), 238–260.
Tshuma, L. A., Msimanga, M. J., & Tshuma, B. B. (2022). Laughing through the stomach: Satire, humour and advertising in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59(3), 788–806.
Wahutu, J. S. (2018). Representations of Africa in African media: The case of the Darfur violence. African Affairs, 117(466), 44–61.
Zeleza, P. T. (2006). The inventions of African identities and languages: The discursive and developmental implications. In O. F. Arasanyin & M. A. Pemberton (Eds.), Selected proceedings of the 36th annual conference on African linguistics (pp. 14–26). Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
Research Design
At the end of the CU students should be able to:
1) recognize and use different types of methodological strategies, mastering its theoretical, methodological and technical requirements, in order to make adequate choices;
2) identify central problems in research design, from problem definition to conceptualisation, operationalization, observation and proposal writing;;
3) write a research and/or intervention project proposal.
1. Research as a producer of knowledge to know and/or to intervene.
1.1. Empirical research as theoretically oriented.
1.2. Research as problem solving: diagnosis, evaluation, intervention.
1.3. Ethics in different types of research.
2. How to design a research project and/or intervention.
2.1. Formulation of the problem and definition of objectives.
2.2. Conceptualization.
2.3. Operationalization and observation.
2.4. Project's design.
3. Methodological strategies.
3.1. Adequacy of the methodological strategies to the objectives of tthe research.
3.2. Extensive research: large surveys, statistical databases, etc..
3.3. Intensive research: case studies, field research, participant observation, ethnographic approach, etc.
3.4. Action research and social intervention.
3.5. Comparative research: objectives and problems of comparison.
3.6. Mixed methods.
The learning process proceeds trough theoretical-practical classes, seminar presentations and debate (which are given prevalence), tutorials and students' autonomous work.
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Evaluation along the semester, comprising the following components:
(a) Class participation and presentation of the research and/or intervention project (35%)
b) Final written work: research project and/or intervention (65%).
OR
Final assessment, consisting of a final written work: research project and/or intervention, complemented with an oral discussion, if the teacher considers necessary (100%).
The evaluation of this course does not include a final exam.
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Bertaux, D. (2020) As narrativas de vida. Lisboa: Mundos Sociais.
Beckett, C (2010) Assessment and intervention in social work. Sage Publications: London.
Na medida em que o desenho de pesquisa pode ter algumas especificidades em função da área científica de pesquisa, listam-se abaixo algumas sugestões de suporte bibliográfico.
Becker, Howard S. (2017) Evidence, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
Mestrado em Sociologia
Shaw, I, Briar-Lawson, K, Orme, J & Ruckdeschel, R 2010 The Sage Handbook of Social Work Research. Londres: Sage.
Hardwick, L et al (eds) 2017 Innovations in Social Work Research. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Bell, L 2017 Research methods for Social Workers. Londres: Palgrave.
Mestrado em Serviço Social
Toshkov, D 2016 Research Design in Political Science. London: Palgrave.
Howard, C 2017 Thinking Like a Political Scientist: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Filho, Dalson Britto Figueiredo; Paranhos, Ranulfo; Rocha, Enivaldo Carvalho da; Silva Junior, José Alexandre da; Santos, Manoel Leonardo Wanderley Duarte 2012 Levando Gary King a Sério: Desenhos de Pesquisa em Ciência Política. In Revista Eletrônica de Ciência Política 3 (1-2), pp. 86-117.
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Bukve, O 2019 Designing Social Science Research. Cham: Palgrave.
Mestrado em Políticas Públicas
Treadwell, D, & Davis, A 2016 Introducing communication research: Paths of inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 3ª ed.
Silverman, D. (2017) Doing Qualitative Research. Londres: Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/doing-qualitative-research/book251108
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (eds). 2016 Innovative methods in media and communication research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Berger, A. A. 2018 Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Mestrado em Gestão dos Novos Media
Klotz, A & Prakash, D (eds) 2008 Qualitative methods in International Relations: A pluralist guide. New York: Palgrave (v. plataforma moodle).
Sprinz, D F & Wolinsky, Y (eds.) 2004 Cases, numbers and models: International Relations research methods. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press. (Em linha: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/89c3/34b5c514acb817b8862dcdf675bd7d4863de.pdf
https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/71316_Lamont_Research_Methods_in_International_Relations_Chapter_1.pdf).
Lamont, C 2015 Research methods in International Relations. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications (capitulo 1 on-line em:
Mestrado em Estudos Internacionais
Stein, T. S., Bathurst, J. R., & Lasher, R. 2022 Performing arts management: A handbook of professional practices. Simon and Schuster.
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (Eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. 2010 Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers (Vol. 1). John Wiley & Sons.
Mestrado em Estudos e Gestão da Cultura
Zeleza, T (ed) 2007 The study of Africa. The global and transnational engagements (Vol II). Dakar: CODESRIA.
Zeleza, T (ed) 2006 The Study of Africa. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary encounters (Vol I). Dakar: CODESRIA.
Ouédraogo, J-B & Cardoso, C (ed) 2011 Readings in methodology: African Perspectives. Dakar: CODESRIA. Em linha: https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1502&lang=en
Mestrado em Estudos Africanos
Amado, J. (Org.). (2013). Manual de investigação qualitativa em educação. Coimbra: Imprensa da UC.
Bogdan, R & Biklen, S 1994 Investigação qualitativa em educação: uma introdução à teoria e aos métodos. Porto: Porto Editora.Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2007). Research methods in education (6th Ed.). London: Routledge.
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Gay, L., Mills, G., & Airasian, P. (2012). Educational research. Competencies for analysis and applications. Columbus, OH: Pearson.
Tuckman, B. (2005). Manual de investigação em Educação. Lisboa: F.C.G.
Mestrado em Educação e Sociedade
Treadwell, D, & Davis, A 2016 Introducing communication research: Paths of inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 3ª ed.
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (eds). 2016 Innovative methods in media and communication research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Berger, A. A. 2018 Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Mestrado em Comunicação, Cultura e Tecnologias da Informação
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Ciências do Trabalho e Relações Laborais
Pollock III, Philip H.& Edwards, B C 2019 The Essentials of political analysis. 6ªed., Washington D.C.: CQ Press.
Silverman, D (2018) Doing qualitative research. Los Angeles: Sage.
Johnson, J B & Reynolds, H T 2020 Political Science research methods, 9ª ed. Los Angeles: Sage.
Mestrado em Ciência Política
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Administração Escolar
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Ação Humanitária
International Cooperation in Africa
Skills and Competences:
SC1: Acquiring a critical understanding of international cooperation and development policy that contributes to an informed and conscious citizenship;
SC2: Ability to organize and analyze complex research results in a coherent form;
SC3: Knowledge and ability to use information retrieval tools, such as bibliographical repertoires, statistics and electronic resources;
SC4: Awareness of the challenges facing international cooperation in Africa
Learning Outcomes:
LO1: Mastering the key concepts and launching critical approaches in various themes of international cooperation in Africa
LO2: Understanding the history of actions leading to international cooperation and humanitarian aid
LO3: Identifying the main actors in international cooperation and humanitarian aid
LO4: Critically analyze the major international cooperation programs in Africa.
OA5: Recognize the challenges in dealing with international cooperation and humanitarian aid
1. Introduction: General presentation of international cooperation, debates and critical approaches.
2. Theories of international development and evolution of cooperation policies.
3. Cooperation architecture, definitions and flows, main actors.
4. South-South Cooperation
5. Critical Perspectives
6. Humanitarian Aid
7. Rethinking Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid in Africa
1. Participation in seminars and critical reading of recommended texts (20%)
2. One short reading note (30%)
3. Test (50%)
Students may alternatively opt for the final exam
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Lopes, Carlos (2019) Africa in Transformation: Economic Development in the Age of Doubt. Palgrave Macmillan
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Afonso, Maria Manuela e Ana Paula Fernandes (2005), ABCD Introdução à Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento, Lisboa, IMVF e OIKOS.
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Edelman, Marc & Angelique Haugerud, 2005, The Anthropology of Development and Globalization, London, Blackwell (introduction)
Escobar, Arturo, 1995, Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Ferguson, James, 2006, Global Shadows. Africa in the Neoliberal World Order. Duke University Press
Ferreira, Patricia Magalhães, Fernanda Faria e Fernando Jorge Cardoso (2016), O papel de Portugal na arquitetura global do desenvolvimento. Opções para o futuro da Cooperação Portuguesa, Instituto Camões e IMVF, Lisboa. Páginas 1-25
Iwata, Takuo (ed), 2020, New Asian Approaches to Africa: Rivalries and Collaborations, Delaware, Vernon Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-62273-809-0. 296 pages
Khadiagala, Gilbert M. (2018). “Europe-African Relations in the Era of Uncertainty”. Nagar, Dawn & Charles Mutasa (ed.) (2018)Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy. London, Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 433-454
Kharas, Homi & Andrew Rogerson (2017) Global Development Trends and Challenges. ODI. Available: https://www.odi.org/publications/10940-global-development-trends-and-challenges-horizon-2025-revisited
Lewis, D. & N. Kanji (2009). Non-Governmental Organizations and Development. London: Routledge (Cap 1. “Introduction: what are NGOs”; Cap 2. “Understanding NGOs in political context”
Lopes, Carlos (2019) Africa in Transformation: Economic Development in the Age of Doubt. Palgrave Macmillan (tradução portuguesa 2021)
Mac Ginty, R., Peterson, J. (2015) The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action. Routledge
Moyo, D. (2020). A Marshall Plan for Africa. The Economist. Available: https://dambisamoyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Economist-The-World-After-COVID-19-Dambisa-Moyo-on-a-Marshall-Plan-for-Africa-050420.pdf
History of Africa
The main learning objectives (LO) of the course are:
LO1 - Explore and understand the epistemological and empirical challenges of the historiography of African history.
LO2 - Critically analyse the construction of African history, differentiating between European expansionism and African history.
LO3 - Characterise the political systems of African empires and kingdoms.
LO4 - Analyse the main social, economic, cultural and religious matrices of African empires and kingdoms.
LO5 - Identify political leaders and institutions in Africa.
LO6 - Problematise the colonial encounter and the response of African societies.
1. A continent without history? Epistemological challenges to the construction of African history
2. The decolonisation of history: between European expansionism and African agency
3. African empires and kingdoms: political and military systems; the social, economic, cultural and religious matrix
4. African leaders and the response to the colonial encounter
1. Assessment throughout the semester:
a) Attendance and active participation in class (minimum 70% class attendance) - 10%;
b) Oral presentation in class - 30%
c) Essay (2000 to 2500 words): - 60%
Essays can be written in Portuguese or English and must be handed in on a date agreed at the 1st semester Year Council meeting.
2. Final exam.
If the use of Artificial Intelligence tools is detected in the essay, a complementary oral exam will be held.
Parker, John and Richard Reid (eds.). 2013. Oxford Handbook of Modern African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
M'Bokolo, Elikia. 2003. África Negra: História e Civilizações Até ao Século XVIII, tomo I. Lisboa: Edições Colibri.
M’Bokolo, Elikia. 2007. África Negra: do Século XIX aos Nossos Dias, tomo II. Edições Colibri, 2007.
Gilroy, Paul. 2001 (1993). O Atlântico Negro: Modernidade e dupla consciência (edição brasileira). São Paulo: Editora 34 Ltda.
Ayittey, George. 2006. Indigenous African Institutions. Brill (2nd Edition).
Kenyatta, J. 1961. Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu. London: Mercury Books.
Jones, Adam and Beatrix Heintze (eds.). 1987. European Sources for Sub-Saharan Africa before 1900: use and abuse. Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde
Falola, Toyin e Christian Jennings (eds.). 2004. Sources and Methods in African History: Spoken, Written, Unearthed. New York: University of Rochester Press.
Ferreira, Marieta de Moraes e Janaína Amado (orgs.). 2001. Usos & Abusos da História Oral. Fundação Getúlio Vargas Editora.
Mudimbe, V. Y.. 2013. A Invenção de África. Gnose, Filosofia e a Ordem do conhecimento. Edições Pedago, 2013.
Mark, Peter. 2002. Portuguese Style and Luso-African Identity: Precolonial Senegambia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries. Indiana University Press.
Mbembe, Achille. 2001. African Modes of Self-Writing. a2(1): 1-39.
Philips, John Edward (ed.). 2005. Writing African History. New York: University of Rochester Press.
Reid, Richard. 2011. "Past and Presentism: the Precolonial and the Foreshortening of African History." Journal of African History, 52 (2): 135-155.
Macgaffey, Wyatt. 2005. “Changing Representations in Central African History”, Journal of African History, 46: 189-207.
Austin, Gareth. 2007. "Reciprocal comparison and African History : tackling conceptual eurocentrism in the study of Africa's economic past." African Studies Review, 50 (3): 1-28.
Bah, Thierno Moctar. 2015. Historiographie Africaine: Afrique de l'Ouest - Afrique Centrale. Dakar: CODESRIA, 2015.
Brizuela-Garcia, Esperanza e Trevor R. Getz. 2012, African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts. Boston: Pearson.
Vansina, Jan. 2004. How Societies are Born. Governance in West Central Africa before 1600. London: University of Virginia Press.
Vansina, Jan. 1985. Oral Tradition as History. Madison: James Currey Ltd.
White, Luise, Stephan F. Meischer e David William Cohen (eds.) 2001. African Words, African Voices. Critical Practices in Oral History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Wright, Donald R. 1999. "What do You Mean There Were No Tribes in Africa?: Thoughts on Boundaries and Related Matters in Precolonial Africa." History in Africa, 26: 409-426.
Stone, Allison. 2020. "Hegel and colonialism." Hegel Bulletin 41(2): 247-270.
International Relations in Africa
At the end of the curricular unit, each student shall have acquired the skills to:
OA1 - understand and analyze the place of Africa, both as an empirical and theoretical problem, in the field of International Relations.
OA2 - identify contributions derived from the experience of African countries to theoretical debates on International Relations thematics
OA3 - distinguish issues related with the African social, cultural, economic and political affairs in the contemporary world.
1. Africa and International Relations
1.1. Concepts and debates in International Relations
1.2. The places of Africa in the International Relations
1.3. Africa and the global thought on International Relations
2. Africa in the contemporary international system
2.1. International security
2.2. African regional institutions
2.3. Africa, great powers and emerging powers
3. Contexts and subjects
3.1. Human mobility
3.2. Civil-military relations
3.3. Health and climate change
3.4. Sovereignty and territoriality
1. Assessment throughout the semester:
a) Attendance and active participation in class (minimum 60% attendance) - 20%
b) Oral presentation in a simulation of an Emergency Session of the United Nations Security Council on Africa - 20%
c) Individual essay reviewing four academic articles published in scientific journals, pre-approved by the professor - 60%
OR
2. Assessment by exam:
d) Final exam - 100%
Additional information about assessment throughout the semester:
a) Active participation refers to participation in debates focused on concepts and analysis of excerpts from texts, along with work in class or independently outside of class. This item considers conceptual rigor, critical thinking, and the construction of a coherent and informed discourse.
b) This component assesses the work completed based on the script provided by the professor and the role-play performed in class.
c) The individual essay consists of a review essay, in which students must present the arguments, the methodology, theoretical and conceptual framework, and main conclusions of four academic articles published in scientific journals. The proposed articles to be used for this goal must be pre-validated by the professor and fit within a predetermined list of topics provided at the beginning of the semester. Plagiarism detected in the essays will result in their annulment. If AI use is detected, a supplementary oral exam can be held.
Additional information on assessment by exam:
d) The final exam will cove all the material taught throughout the semester.
Cornelissen, S., Cheru, F., Shaw, T. (eds.) (2012). Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cooper, F. (2016). Histórias de África. Capitalismo, Modernidade, Globalização. Lisboa: Ed 70.
Clapham, C. (1996). Africa and the International System: The Politics of State Survival. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Warner, J., Shaw, T. M. (eds.) (2018). African Foreign Policies in International Institutions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Oloruntoba, S. O., Falola, T. (eds.) (2021). The Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global Order. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Edozie, R. K., Khisa, M. (2022). Africa's New Global Politics: Regionalism in International Relations. London: Lynne Rienner.
1. África e as Relações Internacionais
1.1. Conceitos e debates nas Relações Internacionais
Gani, Jasmine K. & Jenna Marshall (2022), "The impact of colonialism on policy and knowledge production in International Relations", International Affairs, 98(1): 5-22.
1.2. Os lugares de África nas Relações Internacionais
Niang, Amy (2016), "The imperative of African perspectives on International Relations (IR)", Politics, 36(4): 453-466.
1.3. África e o pensamento global nas Relações Internacionais
Abrahamsen, Rita (2017), "Africa and International Relations: Assembling Africa: Studying the World", African Affairs, 116(462): 125-139.
2. África no sistema internacional contemporâneo
2.1. Segurança internacional
Freire, Maria Raquel, Paula Duarte Lopes & Daniela Nascimento (2016), "'Responsibility to protect' and the African Union: Assessing the AU's capacity to respond to regional complex humanitarian and political emergencies", African Security Review, 25(3): 223-241.
2.2. Instituições regionais africanas
Onapajo, Hakeem & Dele Bababola (2024), "ECOWAS and the challenge of preventing a resurgence of coups d'état in West Africa: An assessment of the 'Zero Tolerance' policy", South African Journal of International Affairs, 31(1): 23-44.
2.3. África, grandes potências e potências emergentes
Soulé, Folashadé (2020), "'Africa+1' summit diplomacy and the 'new scramble' narrative: Recentering African agency", African Affairs, 119(477): 633-646.
3. Contextos e temas
3.1. Mobilidade humana
Whitaker, Beth Elise (2017), "Migration within Africa and Beyond", African Studies Review, 60(2): 209-220
3.2. Relações civis-militares
Abrahamsen, Rita (2018), "Return of the generals? Global militarism in Africa from the Cold War to the present", Security Dialogue, 49(1-2): 19-31.
3.3. Saúde e alterações climáticas
Mantlana, Brian & Basanda Nondlazi (2024), "Understanding the African Group of Negotiators in the multilateral negotiations on climate change", South African Journal of International Affairs, 31(1): 1-21.
3.4. Soberania e Territorialidade
Brown, William (2013), "Sovereignity Matters, Africa, Donors, and the Aid Relationship", African Affairs, 112(447): 262-282.
Economies of Africa
The objectives of the course are that the student:
- Gain insights into the dynamics of African economies from a historical perspective and the diversity of trajectories of African economies;
- Develop the capacity to critically analyze the assumptions, methods and theories underlying the research studies on the economy of Africa and the economy of development;
- Explain the repercussions of resource wealth and associated income;
- Understand different sectoral dynamics of economic processes in Africa;
- Identify the dynamics of change in various sectors of African economies and the alternative visions for change;
- Integrate the entrepreneurial phenomena in the understanding of the African economies.
1 The evolution of economic growth in Africa in the long run
- The importance of an historical perspective and the idea of recurrent growth
- The African tragedy and the renaissance in debate
- A diversity of trajectories
2. Analyses of the dynamics of economic growth
- Development and critical perspectives;
- Alternative ways of looking to the economy
- State and market in African economies
- Political economy of economic growth in Africa
3 Natural resources and extractive industry
- The curse of natural resources
- The extractive industry
4 Sectoral dynamics and case studies
- The dynamics of the informal economy and employment
- Agriculture and agricultural transformations
- Industrialization and structural transformation
5. Entrepreneurship in Africa
- Private initiative and entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Innovation and tech-hubs
- Domestic and international funding
1. Assessment throughout the semester (minimal attendance of 70%):
a) Participation in class and demonstration of the reading of the course supporting texts - 20%
b) Preparation, presentation and discussion of an assignment on some syllabus topic - 80%
2. Final assessment
Written exam - 100%
Carneiro, E. & Ennes Ferreira, M. (coord) (2011). África Sub-Sahariana: meio século depois (1960-2010). Centro de Estudos Africanos do CIS.Lisboa: Edições Colibri
Friederici, N., Wahome, M., & Graham, M. (2020). Digital entrepreneurship in Africa: How a continent is escaping Silicon Valley?s long shadow. The MIT Press.
Pereira, R. (2023).
Pereira, R., & Maia, R. (2019). The role of politics and institutional environment on entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence from Mozambique. JANUS.NET, 10(1), 98-111.
Pereira, R., & Maia, R. (2018). Entrepreneurship in Africa: An exploratory analysis using data from the global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM). JANUS.NET, 9(2), 109-123.
Pereira, R. (2020). A historical perspective of entrepreneurship in Angola. JANUS.NET, 11(1), 60-76.
Lopes, C. (2019) Africa in Transformation. Economic Development in the Age of Doubt. Palgrave Macmillan
Celestin M. & Justin Yifu Lin (2015) The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics. New York: Oxford University Press
UNECA, 2013, Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2013 - http://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/publications/unera_report_final_french_web.pdf
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/documents/publication/wcms_127814.pdf
OIT, 2009, The informal economy in Africa: Promoting transition to formality: Challenges and strategies
Moshomba, Richard, E. 2000 Africa in the Global Economy NY, Lynne Rienner
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve, 1999, The African Economy: Policy, Institutions and the Future Londres, Routledge,
Mosca, João, 2005, A Economia de Moçambique Seculo XX, Lisboa, Piaget
Lopes, Carlos, 2012, Candongeiros e Kupatas - acumulação e sobrivivenca na ecnomia informal em Angola, Lisboa, Principia
Estêvão, João (2004), "Desenvolvimento Económico e Mudança Institucional: O Papel do Estado", Working Paper WP 08/2004, Departamento de Economia, ISEG-UTL, Lisboa
Caplan, Gerald, 2008, The Betrayal of Africa. Londres, Groundwood Books
Mkandawire, T. (2010) Running while others walk: knowledge and the challenge of Africa's development
Oya, C. & Santamaría, A. (Ed) (2007) Economía política del desarrollo en África. Madrid: Akal
Chitonge, Horman (2015) Economic growth and development in Africa: understanding trends and prospects.London: Routledge
Adesida, O and Otehy, A (2004) African voices,African visions.The Nordic Africa Institute
RASA (2018) Rapport Alternatif sur l'Afrique. N0, RASA:Dakar
Ndulu, B. et al. (2007) Challenges of African Growth. Washington: World Bank.
Contemporary African Issues and Debates
The course aims to deepen the students' knowledge of contemporary African issues in the political, social, economic and cultural fields. Thus, the learning outcomes of the course are:
- to identify diverse ideologies in Africa,
- to develop a comparative vision of political regimes in Africa,
- to identify key African international institutions and know how they relate with traditional and emerging powers,
- to understand the various manifestations and constructions of citizenship in the continent,
- to understand the importance of information and communication technologies in Africa.
It is intended that students understand the main concepts of the current debates in African Studies on the selected subjects. The students should also apply the knowledge acquired and discuss in an informed way the subjects under analysis.
1. Ideologies: liberation and post-colonialism
2. Political regimes: compared democracies
3. Rising powers and institutions in Africa
4. Citizenship and human rights
5. Digital communications
1. Assessment throughout the semester
a) Attendance, participation in classes and oral presentation of one or more texts suggested by professors: 25%
b) Written essay on one of the topics of the syllabus, with special emphasis on the literature review: 75%
2. Final exam for students who are not in assessment throughout the semester : 100%
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be done ethically and responsibly; and must always be clearly mentioned by including a brief statement at the end of the essay/written assignment explaining the role of AI in the elaboration of the essay/written assignment and specifying which tools were used and for what purpose. AI tools cannot be used to generate the entire content of the essay or plagiarize content. In case AI is the detected in the essay, the following measures will be applied depending on the case: 1) non-assessment of the essay and a request to rewrite it, 2) a complementary oral test, and 3) a penalty in the final grade. If you have any doubts about the permitted use of AI, please contact the professor.
Bogaards, Matthijs and Elischer, Sebastian (Eds.), 2016, Democratization and Competitive Authoritarianism in Africa, Comparative Governance and Political Special Issue 6, Springer
Bruijn, Mirjam, van Dijk, Rijk e Foeken, D., 2001, Mobile Africa: changing patterns of movement in Africa and beyond, Leiden: Brill
Cooper, Frederick, 2002, Africa since 1940: the past of the present, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Ellis, Stephen and van Kessel, Ineke (Ed.), 2009, Movers and Shakers Social Movements in Africa, Leiden: Brill
Lauer, Helen e Anyidoho, Kofi (Org.), 2016, O Resgate das Ciências Humanas e das Humanidades através de Perspectivas Africanas, Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão
Loomba, Ania, Kaul, Suvir, Bunzl, Matti, Burton, Antoinette and Esty, Jed (Ed.), 2005, Postcolonial Studies and Beyond, Durham: Duke University Press
Obadare, Ebenezer (Ed.), 2014, The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa, New York: Springer
1. Ideologias: libertação e pós-colonialismo
Biko, Steve, 1987, "White Racism and Black Consciousness", in Steve Biko: I Write what I Like: A Selection of Writings, London: Penguin Books
Césaire, Aimé, 1978, Discurso sobre o Colonialismo, Lisboa: Sá da Costa
Mbembe, AchilIe (2004) "Writing the World from an African Metropolis", Public Culture, 16 (3): 347-372
Simala, Kenneth Inyani, 2003, "Pan-Africanism and the Language Question: Re-reading African Cultural and Intellectual History", African Journal of International Affairs, 6 (1 & 2): 19-53
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2009, "What Happened to the African Renaissance?: The Challenges of Development in the Twenty-First Century", Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 29 (2): 155-170
2. Regimes políticos: democracias comparadas
Bratton, Michael, Bhavnani, Ravi and Chen, Tse-Hsin, 2012, "Voting Intentions in Africa: Ethnic, Economic or Partisan?", Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 50 (1): 27-52
Cheeseman, Nic, 2015, Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Manning, Carrie, 2005, "Assessing African Party Systems after the Third Wave", Party Politics, 11 (6): 707-727
Van de Walle, Nicolas, 2002, "Africa's Range of Regimes", Journal of Democracy, 13 (2): 66-80
3. Poderes emergentes e instituições em África
Abdenur, Adriana Erthal e Neto, Danilo Marcondes de Souza, 2014, "O Atlântico Sul e a cooperação em defesa entre o Brasil e a África", in Nasser, Reginaldo Mattar e Moraes, Rodrigo Fracalossi (Org.), O Brasil e a Segurança no seu Entorno Estratégico: América do Sul e Atlântico Sul, Brasília: IPEA: 215-238
Fayomi, Oluyemi and Adeola, Gabriel Lanre, 2015, "ECOWAS and Sub-Regional Integration in West Africa: An Appraisal", Covenant University Journal of Politics and International Affairs, 3 (1): 29-40
Shaw, Timothy M., Cooper, Andrew F. and Chin, Gregory T., 2009, "Emerging Powers and Africa: Implications for/from Global Governance?", Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, 36 (1): 27-44
Tieku, Thomas Kwasi, 2004, "Explaining the Clash and Accommodation of Interests of Major Actors in the Creation of the African Union", African Affairs, 103 (411): 249-267
Vickers, Brendan, 2013, "Africa and the rising powers: bargaining for the 'marginalized many'", International Affairs, 89 (3): 673-693
4. Cidadania e direitos humanos
Geschiere, Peter, 2005, "Autochthony and Citizenship: New Modes of Understanding in the Struggle over Belonging and Exclusion in Africa", Forum for Development Studies, 33 (2): 371-384
Mamdani, Mahmood, 2001, "Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism", Comparative Studies in Society and History, 43 (4): 651-664
Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 2007, "From Bounded to Flexible Citizenship: Lessons from Africa", Citizenship Studies, 11 (1): 73-82
Raimundo, Filipa e Sá, Ana Lúcia (Ed.), 2017, "O Tribunal Penal Internacional em Àfrica", Special Issue R:I, Relações Internacionais, 54
5. Comunicações digitais
Ekine, Sokari (Ed.), 2010, SMS Uprising Mobile Phone Activism in Africa, Cape Town, Dakar, Nairobi and Oxford: Pambazuka Press
Fuchs, Christian and Horak, Eva, 2008, "Africa and the digital divide", Telematics and Informatics, 25(2): 99-116
Kock, Ned and Gaskins, Lebrian, 2014, "The Mediating Role of Voice and Accountability in the Relationship Between Internet Diffusion and Government Corruption in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa", Information Technology for Development, 20 (1): 23-43
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji and Lal, Kaushalesh, 2005, "Internet diffusion in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-country analysis", Telecommunications Policy, 29 (7): 507-527
Research Methods in Social Sciences
By the end of the CU, each student should have acquired the necessary competencies to:
OA1. Define the stages of a research process in the social sciences, identifying the role of methods and research techniques in the production of scientific knowledge;
OA2. Distinguish between extensive and intensive methodological strategies, demonstrating their characteristics, potentials, and limitations;
OA3. Develop and validate instruments for data collection in the context of extensive research, including defining the sampling process and constructing questionnaires;
OA4. Develop and validate instruments for use in intensive research, including designing interview guides and defining fieldwork;
OA5. Understand the structure of a database, classify variables, and interpret tables and graphs;
OA6. Analyze and interpret qualitative data, using content analysis of interviews and other documents.
CP1 - The Research Process
1.1 Introduction to the Research Process in Social Sciences
1.2 The Stages of the Research Process
1.3 Research Methods and Techniques: Key Notions and Characteristics
CP2 - Extensive Research
2.1 Extensive Research: Main Characteristics
2.2 Planning and Conducting Surveys using Questionnaires
2.3 Key Sampling Techniques
2.4 Types of Questions, Construction, and Validation of Questionnaires
2.5 Online Surveys
CP3 - Intensive Research
3.1 Intensive Research: Main Characteristics
3.2 Types of Interviews and Levels of Directiveness
3.3 Planning and Conducting Interviews
3.4 Developing Interview Guides
CP4 - Analysis and Interpretation of Quantitative and Qualitative Data
4.1 Structure of quantitative databases
4.2 Variables and Types of Variables
4.3 Interpretation of Tables and Graphs and their Suitability to Types of Variables
4.4 Content Analysis of Interviews and Other Documents
Students can choose one of the two assessment methods established for this UC in accordance with the General Regulation on Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (RGACC) of ISCTE: Assessment throughout the semester and Assessment by exam.
Assessment throughout the semester: This assessment method consists of two components: Methodological Applications Pathway (60%) and Group Assignment (40%).
a) Methodological Applications Pathway: This component consists of a sequence of methodological exercises that challenge students to apply the knowledge acquired in each block of programmatic contents of the UC. The exercises are completed individually throughout the semester, either synchronously or asynchronously, allowing for continuous assessment of students and their progress in the field of social research methods. To remain assessed throughout the semester, students may opt to skip the submission of only one of the proposed methodological exercises. The grade obtained in this component accounts for 60% of the final grade for the UC.
b) Group Assignment: This component involves analyzing two empirical studies, one intensive and one extensive, based on the examination of two master’s theses related to the students' areas of interest. Preference should be given to analyzing master’s theses developed within the scientific field of the student's enrolled master's program. The work can be done in groups (two members) or individually. The document must be written according to the structure proposed by the teaching team. To remain assessed throughout the semester, students must achieve a minimum grade of 10 points on the Group Assignment. The grade obtained in this component accounts for 40% of the final grade for the UC.
In addition to the minimum requirements for each component, assessment throughout the semester requires students to attend at least 60% of the classes.
Assessment by exam: This assessment occurs exclusively during the exam period and covers all the material taught in the curricular unit, with both theoretical and theoretical-practical questions. It consists of an individual written exam designed to evaluate both the practical skills for applying social research methods and the theoretical knowledge gained from reading the main bibliography. Students who have chosen this assessment method, as well as those who did not pass the assessment throughout the semester, are eligible for this assessment method.
Albarello, L. et al. (2011). Práticas e métodos de investigação em ciências sociais. Gradiva.
Bardin, L. (2020). Análise de conteúdo (Edição revista e ampliada). Edições 70.
Beaud, S., & Weber, F. (2007). Guia para a pesquisa de campo. Editora Vozes.
Bryman, A. (2022). Social research methods (6th ed.). Oxford University Press.
Campenhoudt, L. V., Marquet, J., & Quivy, R. (2023). Manual de investigação em ciências sociais (2ª ed. rev.). Gradiva.
Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Flick, U. (2018). An introduction to qualitative research (6th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Foddy, W. (1996). Como perguntar – Teoria e prática da construção de perguntas para entrevistas e questionários. Celta Editora.
Ghiglione, R., & Matalon, B. (1992). O inquérito – Teoria e prática. Celta Editora.
Maroco, J. (2021). Análise estatística com o SPSS Statistics (7ª ed.). ReportNumber.
Becker, H. (1997). Métodos de pesquisa em Ciências Sociais. Hucitec.
Bertaux, D. (2020). As narrativas de vida. Mundos Sociais.
Bryman, A. & Cramer, D. (1993). Análise de dados em ciências sociais: introdução às técnicas utilizando o SPSS. Celta Editora.
Burgess, R. (2001). A pesquisa de terreno: uma introdução. Celta Editora.
DeCastellarnau, A. (2018). A classification of response scale characteristics that affect data quality: A literature review. Quality & Quantity, 52(4), 1523-1559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0533-4
Della Porta, D., & Keating, M. (Orgs.). (2008). Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences: A pluralist perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). (2018). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Laureano, R., & Botelho, M. C. (2017). IBM SPSS Statistics: O meu manual de consulta rápida (3ª ed.). Sílabo.
Moreira, J. M. (2004). Questionários: Teoria e Prática. Almedina.
Oliveira, A. et al. (2021). O questionário online na investigação em educação: reflexões epistemológicas, metodológicas e éticas. Universidade Aberta.
Paugam, S. (Coord.). (2015). A pesquisa sociológica. Editora Vozes.
Silva, A. S., & Pinto, J. M. (2014 [1986]). Metodologia das ciências sociais. Edições Afrontamento.
Silverman, D. (2011). Interpreting qualitative data (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Sue, V. e Ritter, L.A. (2012). Conducting Online Surveys (2ª ed.), Thousand Oaks, Sage.
Vicente, P., Reis, E. & Ferrão, F. (2001). Sondagens. A amostragem como factor decisivo de qualidade. Sílabo.
Sociological Theory
(a) Acquisition of basic knowledge about the main currents of sociological theory.
(b) Acquisition of basic knowledge about key issues in sociological theory.
(c) Development of skills for use of key sociological concepts and analytical statements.
01 Introduction: controversies and domains in sociological theory
I History of sociological theory
02 Classical sociological theory
03 Modern sociological theory
04 Contemporary sociological theory
II Domains of sociological theory
05 Interaction as exchange
06 Symbolic interaction
07 Stratification
08 Institutions
09 Groups and networks
10 Organisations
One individual paper, with a maximum of 20,000 characters including spaces, on a subject that each student choose from a fixed list. Deadline: December 29, 2023.
Pires, Rui Pena (2007), ?Árvores conceptuais: uma reconstrução multidimensional dos conceitos de ação e de estrutura?, Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 53, pp. 11-50.
Scott, John (2011), Conceptualising the Social World: Principles of Sociological Analysis, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Turner, Jonathan H. (1994, 1999), Sociologia: Conceitos e Aplicações, São Paulo, Makron Books.
* Bibliografia de trabalho / referências das aulas
Baert, Patrick, e Filipe Carreira da Silva (2014), Teoria Social Contemporânea, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais:
cap. 3, ?O enigma da vida quotidiana: o interacionismo simbólico, a abordagem dramatúrgica e a etnometodologia?, pp. 81-112.
Fulcher, James, e John Scott (2011), Sociology, 4.ª ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press: cap. 2, ?Theories and theorizing?, pp. 20-68.
Pires, Rui Pena (2014), ?Modelo teórico de análise sociológica?, Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 74, pp. 31-50.
Ritzer, George, e Jeffrey Stepnisky (2018), Sociological Theory, 10.ª ed., Nova Iorque, McGraw-Hill:
[complementar] cap. 6, ?A historical sketch of sociological theory: The later years?, pp. 261-311;
cap. 13, ?Micro-macro and agency-structure integration?, pp. 592-647.
Turner, Jonathan H. (1991), The Structure of Sociological Theory, 5.ª ed., Belmont (Cal.), Wadsworth: cap. 1, ?Sociological theory: diversity and disagreement?, pp. 1-30.
Turner, Jonathan H. (1994, 1999), Sociologia: Conceitos e Aplicações, São Paulo, Makron Books:
cap. 1, ?A natureza e as origens da sociologia?, pp. 1-16;
cap. 2, ?Propostas teóricas e metodológicas na sociologia?, pp. 17-32;
cap. 7, ?Grupos e organizações?, pp. 93-110;
cap. 8, ?Desigualdades: classe, etnia e género?, pp. 111-134;
cap. 9, ?Instituições?, pp. 137-166.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2010), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. 1, Macrodynamics,
Nova Iorque, Springer:
[complementar] cap 4, ?The dynamics of institutional domains?, pp. 105-151.
[complementar] cap 5, ?The dynamics of stratification systems?, pp. 153-214.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2012), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. 3, Mesodynamics,
Nova Iorque, Springer:
[complementar] cap. 5, ?The dynamics of groups?, pp. 171-212;
[complementar] cap. 6, ?The dynamics of organizations?, pp. 213-301.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2013), Theoretical Sociology: 1830 to Present, Londres, Sage:
[complementar] cap. 15, ?Exchange theorizing?, pp. 520-573.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2014), Theoretical Sociology: A Concise Introduction to Twelve Sociological Theories, Londres, Sage:
cap 5, ?Exchange theorizing?, pp. 73-95;
[complementar] cap. 6, ?Symbolic interactionist theorizing?, pp. 96-116;
[complementar] cap. 7, ?Dramaturgical theorizing?, pp. 117-135.
Master Dissertation in African Studies
The course has the following objectives:
O1. To formulate a research problem to be developed in the master's thesis;
O2. To consolidate the processes of preparing a literature review;
O3. Formulate research questions, research objectives and hypotheses;
O4. Define the methodological framework appropriate to the objectives and hypotheses;
O5. Explain data collection processes and the use of primary and secondary sources;
O6. Writing a research paper;
O7. Oral presentation of research results.
1. Presentation of the course and the notes for guidance of the Master's dissertation.
2. Design of a research project: research problem, research questions, objectives and hypotheses.
3. Theoretical framework and definition of methods and techniques.
4. Literature review.
5. Data collection and databases in African Studies.
6. Presentation by the students of the developments of the research projects.
A jury will assess the dissertation in public exams after the supervisor confirms that the dissertation is ready to be presented to a jury. The classification assigned by the jury will be the final note of this course.
BibliographyBell, J., 1997, Como realizar um projecto de investigação : um guia para a pesquisa em ciências sociais e da educação (rev. científica de José Machado Pais), Lisboa, Gradiva
Bryman, A., 2012 (4th edition) Social research methods. Oxford : Oxford University Press
Clifford, J. & G. Marcus (ed.), 1986, Writing Culture. The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Berkeley, University of California Press.
Hannerz, U., 1980, Exploring the City. Inquiries Toward an Urban Anthropology, New York, Columbia University Press.
Kuper, A. (ed), 1992, Conceptualizing Society, London, Routledge
Mudimbe, V. Y., 1988, The invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge, London, James Currey
Nordstrom, C. & A. Robben (ed.), 1995, Fieldwork under fire: contemporary studies of violence and survival, Berkeley, University of California Press
Pujadas, J. J., 1992, El método biográfico: el uso de las historias de vida en ciencias sociales, Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Adams, Glenn, 2014, 'Decolonizing methods: African studies and qualitative research', Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(4): 467-474
Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Collier, David, 1993, 'The comparative method', in Finifter, Ada W. (Ed.), Political Science: The State of the Discipline II, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association: 105-119
Gerring, John, 2004, 'What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for'?, American Political Science Review, 98 (2): 341-354
Bhattacherjee, Anol, 2012, "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices", Textbooks Collection. Book 3
Punch, Keith F., 2006, Developing effective research proposals, London: Sage
Ridley, Diana, 2008, The literature review: a step-by-step guide for students, London: Sage
Master Project in African Studies
The learning outcomes of the course are
- to identify a research problem to be developed in the dissertation;
- to develop and present a literature review;
- to know how to formulate research objectives and hypothesis;
- to set up the methodological frame suitable for the objectives and hypotheses;
- to know how to collect and use data;
- to write the research results;
- to present the research results.
1. Presentation of the course and the notes for guidance of the Master project.
2. Design of a research project: research problem, research questions, objectives and hypotheses.
3. Theoretical framework and definition of methods and techniques.
4. Literature review and use of bibliographical databases.
5. Data collection and databases in African Studies.
6. Presentation by the students of the developments of the research projects.
The project will be assessed by a jury in public exams, after confirmation by the supervisor that the project is ready to be presented to a jury. The classification assigned by the jury will be the final note this course.
BibliographyRidley, Diana, 2008, The literature review: a step-by-step guide for students, London: Sage
Punch, Keith F., 2006, Developing effective research proposals, London: Sage
Bhattacherjee, Anol, 2012, "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices", Textbooks Collection. Book 3
Gerring, John, 2004, ?What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for??, American Political Science Review, 98 (2): 341-354
Collier, David, 1993, ?The comparative method?, in Finifter, Ada W. (Ed.), Political Science: The State of the Discipline II, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association: 105-119
Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Adams, Glenn, 2014, ?Decolonizing methods: African studies and qualitative research?, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(4): 467-474
Zeleza, Tiyambe (Ed)., 2007, The Study of Africa. The Global and Transnational Engagements (Vol II), Dakar, CODESRIA
Zeleza, Tiyambe (Ed.), 2006, The Study of Africa. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Encounters (Vol I), Dakar, CODESRIA
Wallimann, Nicholas, 2001, Your research project: A step-by-step guide for the first-time researcher, London: Sage
Szanton, David (Ed.), 2004, The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, Oakland: University of California Press
Silverman, David (ed), 2004, Qualitative Research. Theory, Method and Practice, London: Sage
Scott, John, 1990, A Matter of Record. Documentary Sources in Social Research, Cambridge: Polity Press
Robson, Colin, 1993, Real world research: A resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers, Oxford: Oxford University Press
O'Dochartaigh, Nial, 2002, The Internet Research Handbook: a Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences, London: Sage
Bryman, Alan, 2004, Social Research Methods, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Brady, Henry E. and David Collier, 2004, Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools Shared Standards, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Benzecry, Claudio E., 2017, ?What did we say they?ve said? Four encounters between theory, method and the production of data?, Ethnography, 18 (1): 24-34
2nd Cycle Internship
The learning outcomes of the Internship are adapted to each internship and the institution where it is developed. These are:
LO1. To acquire technical skills linked to methods and techniques for action within different kinds of institutions related to the general objectives and learning outcomes of the master's degree;
LO2. To develop research and action-research skills within organizations related to the master's degree;
LO3. To prepare an internship report that reveals analytical reflection of the professional or academic context;
LO4. Develop indicators for recording and evaluating professional practice.
1. Topic and problem of the internship
2. Internship plan
3. Theoretical and methodological framework
4. Methodology of collaborative action research
5. Evaluation
6. Report
Individual report, which contains the following elements:
a) Characterization of the institutional context (history, organization, policies and services, activities, organizational structure and functioning);
b) Framing the internship institution;
c) Description of the activities developed (roles, responsibilities, agents, work processes, methodologies used)
d) Critical and theoretically based conclusions
e) References
The UC does not contemplate the modality of evaluation by Exam.
- Sweitzer, H. Frederick e King, Mary A. (2014), The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development in Experiential Learning, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Reeher, Gant e Mariani, Mack (2002), The Insider's Guide To Political Internships: What To Do Once You're In The Door, Nova Iorque: Basic Books
- Neves, José, Garrido, Margarida, Simões Eduardo (2008), Manual de Competências Pessoais, Interpessoais e Instrumentais. Teoria e Prática, Lisboa: Editora SÍLABO
- Della Porta, Donatella e Keating Michael (eds.) (2008) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Courtney, Roger (2013), Strategic Management in the Third Sector, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Capucha, Luís (2008), Planeamento e Avaliação de Projetos. Guião Prático, Lisboa: ME/DGIDC